His attorneys saw him outside the doors. The male attorney knew he was there and ran out the side door so his client could not see him. Worse yet, the female attorney is now a civil rights attorney for the attorney general. Everyone involved should be disbarred, fired and have to pay any damages this man wins, and he will win millions.
Any attorney who is not firmly on his clients side should be disbarred. At least recuse yourself if you can't defend or support your own damn client...
@@frizzo7765 i think all of the judges court cases should be looked at seeing as they his def lawyers talked to the pros. then went over and said hey lets call the case and then court clerks are laughing about it seems like its a regular thing in this court room and this case shows justice is not blind but stacked
I watched the video and what boiled my blood was how they were laughing at this poor guy's situation. There should be jail time for public servants who abuse the public trust like this.
The DA, the public defender, are all agents of the court, so remember this as they all get paid by the Court and have a conflict of interest TO GET THE DEFENDANT convicted. All court cases are securities charging the Strawman.
@@netsiderRU-vid will very often delete links if from other than RU-vid or violate the senses of someone. People who get hired usually have the same mindset of the person doing the hiring.
My public defender wanted me arrested for recording my probation officer violating data practice laws. He SCREAMED at me in the court Lobby. When I tried to press charges for his threatening behavior I was escorted out by court security even though I held my composure. Turns out my public defender and my probation officer are romantically involved which is a conflict of interest. I caused quite a stir in that Backwoods Courthouse 😁 (Mille Lacs County Minnesota)
I had a friend going through a divorce. His lawyer ended up sleeping with his now X wife. His new lawyer ripped his old lawyer and his X a new one. He got custody of their kid and recieved support from her. 🦾🕶️
@@siggyretburns7523 huh, two wrongs made a right. I wish your friend didn't have to go through that, but good for him and his lawyer. Good for the kid too. I'll bet he doesn't like his mom.
@@Danimal-D-Animal Kevin was a shy, quiet but smart guy. Everyone knew about Amys promiscuity and tried to warn kevin. They married anyways and kevin jr was born within a year. She went back to sleeping around so kevin filed for divorce. During the divorce he figured she was already seeing another guy and that didnt bother him. But when he found out it was his lawyer, he got another. The new lawyer demanded kevin got full custody because of her infidelity. Then he added conflict of interest against his old attorney, which I believe got him disbarred. Kevin and his sister were adopted. Their father lost his legs in pearl harbor. So the govt took care of him handsomely. It was at that point when Kevin and Kevin jr moved to his parents, so kevin jr has a good upbringing. I briefly dated his sister. Real briefly and she had a boy the same age as Kevin jr., except this kid was a wreck. Kevin's sister was constantly on drugs. Not doing anything with her life. Her and Amy were like best friends though. So even after Kevin and Amy got divorced, Amy was coming over to their house, the house where Kevin lived. So even after the divorce, they were still compatible platonically. So kevin jr grew up ok. Kevins sisters boy ended up committing suicide at 20. The only real farher figure that kid ever had was grandpa, and he was obviously physically limited.
The nonchalant way that they went about this knowing that there was cameras, knowing that they're being recorded and still going through with it indicates that they in fact have done this before. They also have done this before in front of that judge too.
The ABA is even bolder where no video is allowed. The transcripts in felony cases is used in some cases to hide their crimes against due process. These altered records are forged documents,fake history. More evil than the crimes they conceal they also prevent meaningful appeal to the defendant already wronged. They are part of the smothering blanket of secrecy that makes consent to be governed impossible. We have instead an order imposed on us. I know how I feel, what I believe and what I'm willing to do to make this a thing of the old world extinct in our new one. Do you?
He has to show that there was an agreement between the members of the alleged conspiracy in order to prevail against the public defenders. Public defenders aren’t ordinarily State actors when they are counsel to an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding...but when they conspire against their client to work with State actors to secure a conviction they are State actors under section 1983. See _Tower v. Glover,_ 467 US 914 - Supreme Court 1984 {We conclude that state public defenders are not immune from liability under § 1983 for intentional misconduct, "under color of" state law, by virtue of alleged conspiratorial action with state officials that deprives their clients of federal rights.} -Tower v. Glover, 467 US 914 - Supreme Court 1984 So there is a possibility that he could prevail on a section 1983 claim. One issue is that he says that a federal judge or magistrate has found that there is no evidence of a conspiracy.
@@ipsurvivor Great find. I know case law is sort of all over the place on this issue, but have little hope anything will happen. They are all on the same team. All judges are lawyers, so it's unlikely they'll do anything to hold another accountable.
@@ipsurvivor when one PD throws out the suggestion that they call case at 8:45 so a warrant will get issued, and the other PD agrees, isn't that 2 or more persons.... conspiring?
And then they say America is the greatest country in the world. Whit the best justice system😂😂😂😂😂 if you can call corruption justice than yess..what A Great country to live in.
@@rodniestruiken1256 Please tell us the perfect country you live in, where there’s never been an attorney who screwed his client, or a judge who let them.
@David Reads Because you don't want someone getting into a house the moment they escape the prison itself. Houses, after all, have clothes that don't identify them as prisoners.
@David Reads Also not the argument he made. Someone said America isn't the greatest country in the world because of this. E D simply argues that having problems doesn't mean it's not the greatest. But yeah, that definitely means he's okay with anything at all happening. /s
Many public defenders see themselves as assistant prosecutors, they believe their job is to guide people through the process of pleading guilty regardless of the evidence, and they get really indignant when clients insist on pleading not guilty.
I have personally had this happen to me. My Public Defender, and later my Alternate Defense Counsel, tell me that my problem is that I can't afford a real attorney and that I get what pay for. They both also stated that they were not working on my defense, and that was not their job. This led to my being illegally detained for over 2 1/2 years without a trial and being forced to accept a plea deal under duress with the choice of either accepting their deal or sitting in jail for another 6-10 years without a trial, and if I did somehow manage to get a trial that the state would hand select the jury. I find it very disturbing that they (the government) don't seem to understand or care that people do not trust them, as well as the fact that they disgrace our Country by violating our God and constitutionally given rights.
@@timothyven3740 I did complain about my public defender to the judge, and even tried to get rid of him. The judge had another judge come in to the Bergeron Hearing who was and had been making decisions against me in another case to decide if there was a conflict of interest in my case. Needless to say, he decided that there wasn't. It was about 6 months later when my public defender did the same thing after he tried to get me declared incompetent to proceed a second time where the preciding judge granted that. Then I ended up with another state payed attorney who didn't work for me either, and was allowed to do as he wished and only work on medigation instead of my defense.
Here in NYC you can't be arrested for a bench warrant if you're already inside of the courthouse because it indicates you're turning yourself in. Once I missed a court date and a detective called me "nicely" tried to get me to meet her outside of the courthouse to "turn myself in". She was late and so I went into the courthouse to the clerk who warned me that the detective was trying to arrest me and gave me a slip to sign assigning a courtroom to go to. After getting assigned a public defender the detective showed up at the court all angry trying to have me forced to leave the courtroom so she could arrest me. The officer of the court informed her that it was not legal to have me removed. With the help of a very awesome public defender I got an ACD for what was a complete B.S. charge of trespassing. It was for walking through the park of a project in Harlem because I had just moved to the neighborhood and rookie police suspected I was there purchasing drugs. I don't do drugs and there were no trespassing signs because it's a public space. Fun times with shady police and detectives.
I went to watch the video, there are BIG problems with the entire legal staff. Everyone is saying different times, none of the stories match what the judge is saying. Also, to top it off, everyone thinks it’s funny that they did that to him and is getting arrested. Courtroom outcomes are life changing. It can be good or bad. But rarely ever is it a laughing matter!
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RrsuMLwH09A.html There’s the link. Judge for yourself. Stuff like this should have the 2 public pretenders and the judge fired, disbarred and charged.
@@b.m.5514 its like hospital staff laughing about medical malpractice. Sure, court rulings aren't quite as irreversibly life changing as treatment errors. If a surgeon cuts off the wrong leg, that leg is gone forever. If a judge takes away your freedom, that freedom is usually at least only lost for some time. But - at least an amputation was truly necessary. A trial... at most it's important What courts do isn't as well founded on urgent need; therefore their mistakes ought to be looked on even more hashly.
He filed a complaint with the Utah bar association they either found they didn't want to investigate in the matter or found no wrong doing. Bet this wasn't the first time they conspired to get a defendant thrown in jail.
There's an update video Sanchez himself posted on RU-vid on Aug 10 (two days ago, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d6i1D_MI_Gs.html). The judge recused herself from Sanchez's suit in May 2018, stating it was because of the RU-vid video. She retired in September 2019. So technically, she did retire after Sanchez brought his suit, but the timing seems like it was unrelated. The judge presiding over the suit tossed the Section 1983 claim of conspiracy to violate Sanchez's civil rights. Sanchez filed a complaint about the public defenders and the judge with the Utah bar, but the bar said they had no jurisdiction to address the complaint.
It’s almost impossible to beat the court when your lawyer is on the courts payroll…how anyone could ignore this conflict of interest is beyond me. Your defense attorney should never share their office space with the prosecution, ever.
I see no problem here. the quality of a defence lawyer is proportionate to the money paid, under capitalism. US is a country of capitalism, so if u want a free lawyer, of course he will be bad lawyer. if u want a good justice, pay more.
@@gundamnexus-dk8yi can you prove that? i mean ,the guy is a free lawyer. or working at minimum wage. he probably doesnt even have a degree in law. his job is only to give a minimum defence. imagine you just graduated high school, and now you have to work for free as a free defence lawyer. do you really think they will be able to take these into consideration? as far as he is concerned, the guy was late. hence he is guilty. if you want more "defence", you should pay for a better lawyer. you need to lose millions of cases to learn how to cheat the system and defend a late person
I was falsely accused of shoplifting in Salt Lake County, Utah. The public defender tried everything to convince me to take a plea. Making me feel extremely guilty and saying things like “this isn’t like the movies.” She berated me for pleading not guilty as if she thought I was just playing with the system. Their unsaid assumption is everyone who comes to this court is already guilty and you are even worse of a criminal if you have the audacity to ask for a public defender. Her job was to make as much money for the courts. That made me feel so uncomfortable I went out and searched for my own attorney. Also, when called for jury duty, I saw a few of my fellow city employees in the same group. Tells me that the city makes sure to get in certain people who they think are most likely going to side with the courts and the city. Extremely corrupt city.
Funny thing is last time I went to court the judge knew me and he's been dealing with me pretty much my whole life. He's like Mr Guilford it's been a long time since I've seen you here in my courthouse. I was like yes sir I have been trying to stay out of trouble but as you can see trouble finds me well he looked at the charge and the cop legitly wrote me a ticket for three over the speed limit. And the judge looked at the cop cuz he was there and he asked the cop a question. He's like what's the tolerance for your speed gun.? The cop said plus or minus 2 mph. Then the judge says so you pulled him over for 1 mph over the speed limit then you wasted Court Time by writing him a ticket for 1 mph over the speed limit. He looks at me and he says hey it's your lucky day all charges dropped lol I have seen that judge a few times after that for other issues I was a witness a few times. And like I said he's watched me grow up and he told me he was proud that I turned around
@@donnavandezande3905 A nearby town on the border of a military base used to be like that, they would write any ticket they could, 1 mile over would get you a ticket. Well one day the base commander went to have a little chat with the town mayor, he informed the mayor that if things didn't change he would close that entrance to the base and declare the town off limits to all base personnel. Mayor knew that nearly all the towns businesses focused on selling to the GIs so he made sure the police racket came to an abrupt end.
Sounds like a whole *county* in Texas LOL! As you're driving down the main street of the county seat (Angelina, for those who want to know) every single light is timed to make you stop. And they have highly visible signs hanging from the traffic lights that say "we enforce that speed limit" or something like that, giving the impression 1 mph over will get you a ticket. And the lights are set to where IF you go one mile over, you will make every single one of those traffic lights! Even worse? During the daytime you can often find police cars with an officer holding a radar gun outside the window in the middle of those intersections parked directly under those traffic lights!!!! And the speed limit there is 25 mph. It drives me crazy going through that town because the speed limit is 70 mph at the border entering the town,, then drops to 55 mph and then 40 before it gets to that 25. And the signs are placed too close together for you to just take your foot off the accelerator and coast down to the slower speed; you have to use your brakes. It's the definition of a speed trap!
@@samjordan8800 "And the signs are placed too close together for you to just take your foot off the accelerator and coast down to the slower speed" There are a number of federal laws on the books about that kind of thing specifically _BECAUSE_ towns were breaching safety guidelines to milk "speeders" from out of state Notifying the DOT about such setups should get a federal investigators checking things out - and if they find evidence of wrongdoing the town will be forced to void the tickets & disgorge the income
What adds fault to the judge was that she knew it was called at 8:45. She called him after the arrest to have it on record he come in late. Before he came back in, they talked about what time to say they called him. They decided to say it was after 9:00. The court secretary even told the judge it was 8:45. In the video, it is clear that this was done maliciously because everyone was laughing about what they did to him, including the judge. I will repeat this. The judge was told it was 8:45 when they called his name but decided to lie about the time. She even asked what time should they say it was. Not what time was it. That is why this man had no chance. He was doomed before he even got there, with all sides ready to lie.
EXACTLY. They were ALL conspiring, Judge, Lawyers, and ALL court support staff. They all thought it was so funny to do this to an American Citizen. They all belong behind bars, stripped of their law licenses. In addition the Judge should loose all pension and tax payer funds for life.
@@constitutionislawofthislan6169 The issue with our justice system is politics and class. The system is not set up for justice. It is set up to punish. Justice and punishment are rarely the same things. Those with the right class, race, political connections, status, ect. They might get justice, but most of the time, there is no middle ground. If the system was set up for justice, it would not make a person go broke to defend himself when innocent. It would not make a person take a plea deal to not die in prison from a sentence that does not fit the crime. That video was just an overt view of how the system is corrupt. The covert rarely gets seen. It starts with how the laws are written, enforced, and ends with the punishment over justice. How dare he make the system work for justice instead of taking the punishment that makes their lives easier.
Public Pretenders actually do for the most part work for and with prosecutors. They pressure you HARD to plea guilty or plea to a lesser charge. They attempt to scare you to death that you will probably be found guilty and do X amount of years. Been there. Experienced it. I insited not guilty and was found not guilty in just a few minutes at a bench trial! I even that day had scare tactics used to get me to change my plea. The public Pretender even said, I hope you have your affairs in line. Get ready. I took the stand and defended myself while the Pretender just sat there. Boy did I let him have my several opinions about him after. I was so positive. With evidence that I wasn't even there.I was in another state and......yeah, was over the top pressured to plea guilty to a lesser charge. I was so sure that it being a bench trial didn't even scare me to not have a jury.
FTR, disbarred to lawmen means no longer able to practice law. Disbarred to lawyers means - wait until the heat and public outcry dies down and get quietly reinstated. Some get “disbarred” never miss a day of work. Some say they have a drug problem, go into a confidential treatment program, that may or may not have happened - and get quietly reinstated.
@@B3Band There should be a time stamp 8:40 / 8:41 when the two traitor discuss their crime and the 'in 5 minutes' '8:45 then'. So by their own account they at least intended the crime.
@@B3Band the thing is that both sides have access to the tapes. If the 8:45 timestamp is a lie then the attorneys will win by a landslide. Also the judge took herself of the case, you don’t do that if it’s a meritless claim that you can litteraly pull up in your system and double check. Plus the attorneys say the time in the video.
they called his case after 9 to fix the time he was there, when he was there? they held him in jail while being there when his case WAS later called after 9.
A few years ago, my wife spent allot of time at the court house. She began keeping a running diary and became aware that this kind of abuse by the system was all too common place. The absolute horror stories she first hand witnessed were disgusting!
Judges rely on their support people. Frankly I doubt she would know exact times without referring to a document. How many people with the name "Sanchez" would she deal with.
@@Cheepchipsable i mean, maybe a lot, maybe one, who knows, but how many cases did she call before court officially started... and why did she get so defensive? nobody asked if it was after 9am, he just asked what time it was issued because they claimed he didnt show up till an hour late when he was seen in the court room multiple times before that. its like that old cop show cliche, i didnt murder that person.... who said anything about a murder?
According to another video on RU-vid, Sanchez showed up outside the courtroom door PRIOR TO 9 am. The courtroom was packed and there was no room to wait inside. In prior appearances he was told to wait outside and not block ingress/egress through the doors. The officers of the court including his public defender conspired against Sanchez because he refused to take a deal and insisted on a trial that they considered an imposition.
The problem with that is it will also need proof, hopefuly a camera in the hallway, maybe even the security cameras downstairs can show him arriving early, etc.
I had a similar incident in that my public defender said "you might want to get a private attorney because youre looking at a lot of time" when i refused a plea deal because i was innocent of the charges. At that point i felt she was not going to provide a vigorous defense so i felt forced into tsking the next plea deal offered because i no longer trusted my PD
I have a family member who became entrapped in the modern legal maze, with purposely conflicting court dates, and endless reschedules, and public defenders either too busy or too lazy to actually defend them and pushing for a settlement. Our judicial system is broken. How will we fix it?
I actually saw the video before you covered it. I was speechless. Here's hoping that this gentleman wins and wins big! The female attorney spoke to him when he had come in earlier and he asked her where the second attorney was. The second attorney was out of the courtroom before 9AM!
Agreed. And at 10:43AM the prosecutor is the one that first alerts the judge that the defendant is present waiting in the hall. The judge is upset because it's so late, but neither prosecutor nor defense say anything about seeing him earlier. Then, it's the prosecutor that actually admits he saw him as early as 9:38AM while the defense attorney says nothing!! In my opinion, both defense attorneys are slime. Get another job if you can't handle doing yours ethically.
Steve used to just read the facts and not opine very much. I'm glad to see him speaking strongly and passionately in opposition of some of these injustices.
I believe Steve is in the dawn of his Red Pilling in regards to our systems and institutions. People are beginning to wake up and rub the sleep from their eyes
People who are good at their jobs usually care about providing a quality service or product and doing things “the right way”. Like Steve, they should also be concerned about how others outside the profession view the field because impressions are important parts of a person’s psyche and often hard to change. Lawyers get bad raps because of actions like this (among others). It is up to good lawyers to point out bad actors like this and show that it is unacceptable to do business like that. Same goes for other professions, like good cops calling out bad cops, good doctors calling out bad doctors, good mechanics calling out bad mechanics, etc. Steve believes in justice and the rule of law as well as doing right by his clients because it’s the right thing to do. I’m glad this case upsets him and he speaks out against it. I appreciate this from him as well!
I’m a retired Palm Beach County Prosecutor and Judge and fortunately, my experience with the Public Defender’s Office is that they do an excellent job for their clients here in Palm Beach County. As a Judge, I always waited until the end of the docket before issuing bench warrants for those who failed to appear.
@@Simonofcalifornia There were attorneys that were much more effective than the average Public Defender, but you pay quite a lot for these. Many such private attorneys started out as Public Defenders or Prosecutors, even. But Public Defenders, as a rule, we’re quite young, but competent and the ones whom I knew would never sell out their clients like these did. At least, I hope that they wouldn’t.
Those attorneys are scum bags, but I wouldn't take away their licenses. They probably didn't want to sit around all morning waiting on him if he had a record of being late, but they still did wrong in the 10th degree. Penalize them, but give them a 2nd chance. Gawd I'd never use them.
@@my2cents35 if it was just the one time in court they went against him,but i think i counted 3 times they actively worked against him, and id only have the license revoked after their other cases got reviewed. if it was a one of just penalized but if a pattern...
Nothing surprises me in the legal beagle world any longer. After having my civil rights violated literally nothing surprises me anymore. Sad that this guy got this kind of treatment in America. I hope he gets some justice.🤔🇺🇸❤️
Public Defender... "My client is guilty as sin and a habitual offender and if I get him released he is going to kill someone. I can't keep defending these guilty A-Holes and sleep at night."
This is shaking my faith in the system even more! Here in Boise, Idaho (Ada County) public defenders work out of the same offices and are paid out of the same accounts as prosecutors. How can defendants be sure their cases aren't decided before they walk into meetings or even court?
Yep I had a similar case to this one in Boise my public pretender kept trying to get me to take the deal with no evidence against me. And I mean zero evidence I ended up taking it to the box and got acquitted after spending four months doing the dirty 30 and Ada county jail there has to be a conflict of interest because they sure as hell don't have their clients interest at heart
"A person that represents himself, represents a fool." Anyone that has been represented by a bad public defender, and there are many, would be better off with a fool.
I just watched an interview with this guy and he says his case (self filed) against the public defender was dismissed. He says he can't find an attorney to take his case. Please help this guy out!
Most attorneys in Utah know that you're going to lose even with slam dunk evidence like this. They don't want to get blacklisted so they don't fight against injustices like this.
If you sue an attorney you generally won’t find any attorney that will represent you. As a general professional matter, attorneys do not sue other attorneys unless it’s absolutely necessary.
@18:50 - They LAUGHED about making that statement. It was FUNNY to them that they were trying to screw the kid. The laughter is the real punch-able moment to me.
This should be played out locally everywhere. It's time to see a news outlet with balls and genuine care for the citizens and the constitution. Or are they ALL traitors and sell outs?
@@elavke5441 You do realize that every news outlet is a for profit corporation, which makes its money by making other corporations happy enough to purchase ad space? By law, each news agency must do what is best for the stockholders. Of course they are sell outs, that’s the rules of capitalism. To get this story covered, you need to show how defending a guy named Sanchez, against the big bad justice system, somehow brings more value to the shareholders, than some uplifting human interest story segment will.
@@jimgsewell That's only true in Delaware; though most corporations are incorporated in Delaware. Should be no surprise that Delaware was Biden's former political position.
This happened to me back in 2008. Except the lawyer said she thought i was guilty and worked with the prosecutor right infront of me to threaten me and my family into getting a plea deal signed. We didn't have phones to record then. It ruined my life.
I JUST watched this story. It is horrific. For the record, I had a defense attorney do something similar. The guy had ZERO interest in actually defending me and I ended up doing most of the legal work myself....enough of it that I know more than he does about law at this point.
It's scary to see a defense attorney not represent the client 100%. I think those attorneys were afraid of having to wait all morning until the case was called.
@@DVankeuren It was a public defender. The attorney was assigned to the case. You're right. The guy have ample reason to demand a new attorney since the one assigned to him wasn't representing his interests.
lol @ "innocent man". Luis Fernando Sanchez was driving with a BAC of AT LEAST .13. He's also alleged to have ignored a cop's order to stop and attempted to flee (although even I question if this part actually happened). Regardless, driving with a BAC of almost twice the typical legal limit (and actually almost 3x the legal limit in Utah) is not what I call being "innocent".
@@jae9843 He was innocent of the crime they framed him for. That's the only thing I care about. The state lost all credibility on the rest by their own actions.
I'm sorry to say that in my years I've experienced several minor run ins with the law where I've had to deal with public defenders. No matter what jurisdiction, they are all the lowest of the low. Poorly educated, and absolutely zero regard for their clients. There may be a good public defender somewhere, but I've never ran into one. They are in bed with the prosecuters and the only concern is to run their clients through the system as fast as possible while using their experience as a stepping stone to a more lucrative position. The whole system is a racket and festering with corruption.
In our Court start times are 9AM; the doors don’t open until 9AM. It’s nearly impossible for a person to clear security and make it up to the court by 9AM. Even being able to badge in and go around security my day didn’t start until 9AM; while I’d go in early to be sure I was good to go at 9AM. This is a seemingly definite miscarriage of justice. The public defenders I’ve had the pleasure and pain to work with have seemed to all be quite principled and vocal advocates for their clients; while they are worked quite well and have to keep a lot of cases running they all seemed to be into it for the right reasons. Most judges that I know will typically see a case upon a return upon a bench warrant and either release on the original bail, modify bail, or remand the person to custody; the fact that he was taken into custody on the warrant in the court and the court didn’t simply vacate the warrant to hear the case is also quite disappointing.
Put the public pretenders in jail for the same time they tried to entrap own client reprimand of the judge total allulment if the warrant and a public apology to the defendent new judge new defense attorney
court time is a starting point to call cases... its the date is when you need to be there by end of court closing time... they cant call every case they have at 9am.. i never show up at 9am... i come before court time closing... so this is all bull on that kid... and even when i miss court as my lawyer says to... we walk in and bail reinstated... court TIME IS A STARTING POINT!!! THE COURT DATE OF DAY IS MANDATORY NOT THE TIME
@Steve_Lehto, your level of outrage at this incident does much to improve my cynical opinion of lawyers-in-general; to wit: there *are* good ones out there. If nothing else, you provide a benchmark against which to measure the counsel of one's own lawyer. Fortunately for the gentleman involved in this situation, he had enough awareness and intestinal fortitude not to accept his fate meekly.
I know a woman who was arrested for child abuse: a false claim by an ex as it turned out, one that was incredibly badly handled by the local cops. Bungled, I would say. My wife and I were present during the arrest, and what she told them was NOT what they told the court. The next day we showed up in court, and watched the prosecutor try to convince the judge that she should be held over without bail and her kids taken by DCFS. I have to say I was impressed by how the public defender handled the case: this attorney instantly countered everything the prosecutor came up with and had the judge nodding in agreement. When it was all over, our friend was released on her own recognizance and ultimately was able to have her record expunged.
If Steve ever starts teaching Law again, he's got Day One, Lesson One, (that's the Ethics introductory class) covered, with this case as the salutary tale of 'How to Throw Your Career in Law Down the Crapper in One Easy Lesson.'
Steve is totally wrong... A court-appointed attorney is there to look out for the best interests of the Court or the entity paying their paycheck they are not there to look out for the best interest of citizens... The supreme Court's already ruled on this when they said that police aren't there to protect people they're there to protect the best interests of the entity paying their paycheck
@@dancinmad DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services (109 S.Ct. 998, 1989). If you notice, the case was argued and decided on the first part of this statement but blithely ignored the latter: _"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."_ Maybe the lawyer was a bad lawyer, I don't know. But this ruling doesn't just remove the expectation of police protection - it wholesale overturns the modern concept of a lawful society. Both sides tacitly admitted "equal protection of the law" was beneath their consideration. Realize the insane legalism we're seeing today and suddenly it becomes clear how we got here.
@@HopefulPessimist The ruling that you're refering to states that police are an arm of the court, rather than being actors in preventing crimes (ie armed guards). That is a big assumption on your part to say it extends to court-appointed attorneys...
I remember watching something about this before. What makes it worse, is that his actual lawyer, the one he had been dealing with was a no show. He entered the court at 9:07am, as seen on camera, looked for his lawyer, then waited outside. He tried calling his lawyer a bunch of times and couldn't even get him to answer. Yet the public defender present called his case regardless, and 15 minutes too early
I “won” an ethics complaint against an attorney who failed to file a brief in a case I retained him for. That victory, like most involving lawyers or judges and ordinary citizens, was pyrrhic. The result was dismissal of my case for failure to file that brief. The attorney got a private reprimand. I lost property and any chance of ever recovering because dismissal ensured my case would never be heard. It was a tactic to make a valid claim go away. A lot like settling because it will cost less than defending a nuisance suit. I can only speculate, give months of delays by defendant and then my attorney’s ultimate failure to file, that my attorney and opposing counsel worked out a deal between themselves and my attorney was actually sympathetic, if not working for, opposing counsel.
@Dave Baton lots of big words and threats for something that is pure speculation. In fact, there should be a tort filed for the slanderous nature of that accusation.
Similar collusion nearly happened to me in AZ. ADVICE: Never hire a lawyer for your case that was a former assistant prosecutor. What they know best is plea bargains, and not your best interest in your defense. AND my attorney is Mormon....hmmm. Never felt he cared an iota about my case. Tried to intimidate me to take a terrible plea bargain. I refused and demanded to plea not guilty and demand a jury trial. He was angry as hell. And when before the judge, my not guilty plea was no well received. Informing me that if found guilty, I risk being deported. I thought this was very odd, given that I'm an American. But I knew to keep my mouth shut, as they weren't in a good mood. It was the strangest proceedings I've experienced. As if I was being rail-roaded by my own defense attorney, that I am paying! The prosecutors were also unreasonable. AND I was also treated to this 8:45am bullshit. Ex-wife didn't show for a family court case, and thus it defaults in my favor. But they decided to wait for her another 10 minutes! Then ruled for her! Trust me, there is something going on behind your back that you assume can't be happening in a court of LAW. The criminal justice system is just one big self-serving racket. Great coverage of this case, and channel! Good luck to everyone seeking justice.
Same bs with me on traffic court .. dodn t even want to look at my prove ( one of it a ghost witness) . All the public defender knew is take plea and raise the voice when dosen t go his way . They didn t show up 2s . 2 weeks later sheriff was looking for 2 families involved in semi scam .. I recognized one of the family. Get this , the victim was a nurse ... she have seen enough of those stories to act atupid . LA is not better then AZ . It s a lot of "conflict of interest "when comes to judge , cop , defender, prosecutor, district attorney etc .. that is already a red flag since everyone eat and bring money in same piggy bank
I was gonna say-- Salt Lake City, Mormons, Hispanic client, racism... Don't bother arguing with me, everybody knows what those self-righteous hypocrites are capable of.
I work as a mental health therapist in various county jails. I have seen 1,000+ patients in 12+ county jails. The second most common anxiety-producing concern with my patients is that their attorney won't talk to them / return their call (95 percent of the time their attorney is a public defender).
It's very disturbing to even hear any authority try to make light of this matter. The legal system in this country should be up in arms about such a travesty. I would have thought it was a crime to actually conspire to do such an act against a client. Those of us , who are just regular American Citizens , once believed that the legal system would never allow such atrocities to go unpunished. Not sure how comforting it is to see , only one decent Lawyer (S Lehto) stand up and call those lawyers out as unethical. It's easy to see why the public is losing faith in the court system.
I had a public defender coerce me into a plea agreement that has since held me back in life because she didnt think she could represent me at trial and the punishment would be much more severe. I could not afford a lawyer. The one provided me just told me they'd be fucking me at trial. What could I do? This behavior of public defenders does not come at any surprise to me. Public defenders are how the state appears to keep the constitutional rights of the accused while not actually honoring those rights. There are no rights, only privileges granted or denied by government.
The vast majority of court cases are pled. These defense attorneys are exactly like the majority of government officials. Lazy and incompetent with a sense of importance. And the other government officials protect them.
Never say you can't afford a lawyer and expect any tears shed from the masses. Everyone knows that lawyers will let you make payments to then the rest of your life if you have to, or they will accept nearly any kind of collateral. What I mean is; anyone can get good legal representation if they lift a finger to try...
@@kilobravo2373 How many times did you laugh while writing that obvious piece of bullshit. On the other hand, if you were actually being serious I would suggest you speak with your doctor as your cognitive ability is failing you, and you need some medical help.
@@frizzo7765 you're right. Public defenders look for expediency. To their defence, they are probably loaded down, but some are lazy and want to get cases closed so they can move on. What does it matter to them if they win or lose.
Something you didn't mention, but I was nonetheless curious about is that if the court's level of surveillance was that good, they probably had their parking under surveillance, such that they can confirm the entirety of his story; mainly that he was actually there, early, and was indeed held up by the line! While his case doesn't appear to need any more bolstering, just the further confirmation of the totality of his truth just makes that which happened to him all the more damning. This has to be one of your Top 5 most outrageous legal stories highlighting a true kangaroo court. All of that judge's cases should be under review!
"What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?" - Lady MacBeth. You have to wonder at the arrogance here. As you say, they must have known they were being video and audio recorded. They must have reason to believe that they were immune from any from of consequences. That scares me more than the actual events. I saw the video, it's beyond outrageous - you are being very kind in this video.
@@somebodyelse6673 and that excuse is exactly why we need to support MOST of these Auditors and Record every interaction, let me be clear on this part, FROM THE BEGINNING, with any Officer.
Probably, these two lawyers should be disbarred. I cannot imagine a context where these actions would be ok, but maybe they can. If I was the judge, however, I definitely would have scolded the lawyers for not at least allowing their client the time everyone agreed he should have. I would have put their case at the bottom of the docket to give their client more time. There is absolutely no justification for expecting the client to arrive before his court date or for advocating legal action against their client at all. Unless each of them can reliably demonstrate prescience, the client's actual tardiness is irrelevant; they had no way to know whether he would be late TODAY and their presumption of guilt is contrary to our justice system. The bar should not allow offenses this egregious to stand even once.
The problem with putting their case at the bottom of the docket, while it does allow the client more time, it still allows those public defenders to act as defense, when you already know that they have worked against the clients best interest. I don’t know the correct way to handle it, but as the judge, you need to see that he receives proper defense.
@@jimgsewell We cannot "already know that they have worked against the clients best interest" either before they have a fair trial. They might reasonably explain their actions; I cannot imagine how but we cannot deny them the opportunity to try.
@@byronwatkins2565 - We DO "already know that they have worked against the clients best interest". Having him jailed for what ended up to be 2 weeks, among other things they may have done, is not in the clients best interest. That's just a fact that can only be disputed by asking the client. Now, they may have a good reason, or explanation of WHY they acted against the clients best interest, but their actions had that outcome nonetheless.The notion of ineffectiveness of council is without regard for whether or not the council had a good excuse. "before they have a fair trial" - I don't think they'll be subject to criminal action. Their "punishment" if any will come from a bar review or something similar.
@@GFlCh Having him jailed might have prevented him from committing murder; that would have been in his best legal interest. Having him jailed might have assured him three meals per day and prevented him from starving -- again in his best interest. We CANNOT convict them without a trial! Even lawyers deserve due process.
It's Utah, his name is Sanchez. Every single other person involved is white. Somehow there was no recording of the incident and he has not only the prosecution, but his own attorneys doing everything they can to get him to plead out. Then you get prosecutors and his own attorneys sitting together and talking about getting a warrant on him and locking him up to try and put pressure on him to plead guilty and get off of the case. There should be three attorneys in a cell and disbarred. Oh, and the BIGGEST problem, that lawyer that sat there silent later is now working for the Utah AG office as a civil rights attorney.
@@glee21012 yes it does but to get these POS out of the court system that will play into it as i said in another post all the court footage needs to be looked at and see if there is a pateren and find anyone else who have been wronged by the defence the pro. and the judge and dont be surprised that it leans to other then white people with this group they are working togather
TY for giving us your expert legal opinion of this case. The Judge, Prosecutor and Public Defender should all be fired and ordered to pay the defendant for the 5 years they strong him along on this case. I would be so stressed out if I were him and so disgusted with the injustice system that I would become an advocate to change the qualified immunity laws that allow them to beLIEve THEY CAIN't be prosecuted.
This is such a clear picture of what really happens when you have a lawyer that does not want to do legal aid or has been assigned by the court and then totally sells you down the river. The DA and the judge should be fired for allowing this to happen.
What do you expect in many jurisdictions the public defender answers directly to the prosecutors office . They will absolutely make sure you get locked up for the act of defiantly asking for a real trial .
In this case his attorney has another problem: He/She was paid to do a job and didn’t do it. That’s fraud and embezzlement. What really sting in this story is the fact that the judge find this funny.
Hopefully they get disbarred. The judge seems sensible to immediately recuse himself/herself from the case, but absolutely should have known better, and should definitely bare responsibility. After all, it wasn't the corrupt lawyers that issued the warrant.
The lady Public defender lawyer works in the states a.g office as a civil rights lawyer now 😂 judge retired dunno about the other public defender or da
@@JoshGariepy and weirdly the ag refused to investigate her dunno if that chaned now usually public finding out and public pressure changes things.... I didn't say we weren't investigating ..oh you have a letter of us saying we weren't investigating ...that was a joke we are totally investigating ....hope they all end up disbarred they should be in jail
Steve, after serving on a jury, I got a firsthand look at how inept the PD's are. I urge anyone to try and get the money for a real attorney. Why would want someone to defend you who works for the same system trying to prosecute you.
That's just not true. There are bad public defenders, but there are also tons of bad private attorneys who will happily suck up people's money until they can't pay anymore then dump them back on the PD.
@@jasonpatterson8091 I've seen them in action, overworked, caseload so heave that you'd need a forklift, plus they don't give a damn.Look at the last part of my post. PD work for the system trying to prosecute you..
@@dejonsmall9886 Do you think I can't read three whole sentences or something? You sat on a single jury and thus are now an expert on public defenders?
@@nicolasraage More often they are bottom of the class barely-graduated who can't get a job at a regular law firm, so they are stuck working for the employer with the lowest performance requirements.
*Sanchez hasn't been able to find an attorney to sue these people, can you, Steve Lehto, help him find one?* *I sent the Mr. Sanchez's video to the A.C.L.U., Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The White House and many other newspapers via Instagram and Twitter. I hope someone helps him.*
The worst part about all of this is that according to him they were only there that day because his attorney didn't show up to the last hearing and they had to reschedule it.
Steve, excellent commentary and analysis. I have an attorney in the family with your integrity and logic. Attorneys who can have integrity and logic are the best whether they're prosecutors or defenders. I hope this guy gets compensated.
Never trust a public-pretender. This was straight up conspiracy. The judge been doing this her whole career and didn't think this would come out. Guarantee this trio did this for years. Judges are suppose to be fair and impartial.
Its an interesting moment when both my worlds collide... hating the government and cars. I love your VinWiki appearances and I love what you do to expose corruption!
The judicial system is full of flawed humans, many of whom care more about technicalities than the grit of reality. It doesn't give great results, apparently.
Wow! I’ve never thought an attorney should spend time in jail for misconduct before but that’s an appropriate thing for these defenders. 2 weeks in jail is fair
this makes me wonder how many ""clients"" have they had arrested in the weeks months years previous this seems to me like the lawyers are doing this to others
Anyone who's late even to a single minuet should be beaten severely; miss 7 and the ghosts of Bach, Brahms and Mozart will show up and stomp the poop outta you...
@@davidbates7429 I'm making a joke about the OPs accidental use of "minuet" instead of "minute." But for a fact, Bach was known to pile drive late comers to his performance, straight into the orchestra pit, where they would then by chained to a hat drum - forevermore a slave. And don't get me started on Mozart... All that BDSM stuff he'd do to the late - on stage and with the full approval of the polezi - makes me sick to my stomach. Just imagine the places a flute can be inserted in you try hard enough... Then imagine the horrible noise made by the byproducts of digestion... Lemme tell you, it was a real sh1t-show...
